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Graduate Internship Metagenomics
As a Metagenomics Intern, you will contribute to refining our bioinformatics pipelines and detecting microbes in our crops. Become part of our Molecular Phytopathology and Genome Biology team at Rijk Zwaan in De Lier and Fijnaart!
- Netherlands, De Lier
- Internship
- Master | Bachelor
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Plants house various microbes, which together form the plant microbiome. Plant microbiomes include microbes that contribute to plant health, but sometimes also pathogens. At Rijk Zwaan, we strengthen crops against diseases through resistance breeding and the use of beneficial microbes. Precise detection of these microbes is crucial to our research and breeding program. For this, we perform in-house sequencing of plant microbiomes. As a metagenomics intern, you will collaborate in the development and improvement of our bioinformatics pipelines that are deployed to determine from our sequencing data which microbes colonize our plants. You will be engaged in:
- (further) Developing bioinformatics pipelines for the analysis of plant microbiomes, and making these accessible to other researchers within Rijk Zwaan.
- Analyzing short/long read metagenomics and metatranscriptomics data.
- Assembling and annotating microbial genomes, and mapping associated functional profiles.
- An HBO or WO degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Biotechnology, Molecular biology, plant sciences
- Basic skills in at least 1 programming language (e.g. Python or R)
- Experience with a (Command line) Linux environment (local installation, data processing, etc.)
- Internship remuneration of 500 euros per month (full-time)
- Monthly internship lunch
- Daily fresh soups, salads and/or fruit
- The space to undertake and develop yourself
Interested?
Work on the vegetables of tomorrow as a Metagenomics intern! Click 'Apply' and upload your resume and motivation. You will receive a response within 10 working days.-
Phone interview
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Face to face interview
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Internship contract!
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